All 6 Uses

wry
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Another Country
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She said the last with a wry, proud, grown-up exasperation, as one submitting to the penalties imposed by her brother's power, and glory.†
p. 138.2 *
With a wry grin, and the sketch of a sardonic bow.†
p. 188.8
A very faint, wry amusement crossed her face.†
p. 237.6
Ida watched with a bright, sardonic knowingness, as though the men on the stand were beating out a message she had commanded them to convey; but Vivaldo's head was slightly lowered and he looked up at the bandstand with a wry, uncertain bravado; as though there were an incipient war going on between himself and the musicians, having to do with rank and color and authority.†
p. 252.6
Something happened, then, in her face and in his—in his, wry panic and regret, quickly covered; in hers, an outraged warning, quickly dissembled.†
p. 260.1
She grinned wryly and looked at him.†
p. 414.1

Definitions:

(1) (wry)
humor -- often understated, sarcastic, or ironic -- often expressed by twisting the face
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much less commonly, wry can describe a facial expression showing displeasure. More rarely still, and typically long ago, wry can mean "bent to one side" as in "She had a wry neck."